Stranded train passengers have spent the night on a train not far from Bournemouth.

Its thought that more than 100 passengers who boarded the train from Waterloo in London had been on the train the entire night with no power or heating.

Passengers took to Twitter to contact the train companies in charge of the services following a lack of information.

Nigel Thomas tweeted: "100s of commuters stuck on Southwesern Railways trains through the night! No heating, no water, foil blankets for some....8 hours on a train from Waterloo to Bournemouth...we are in a sitcom...Britain's Railways tut tut tut"

This morning he was still Tweeting - stating they had been stuck for 11 hours and counting.

Other train services were also stuck with one passenger saying she had been stuck at Southampton on a train for Bournemouth from 10pm - at the time she took to social media it was almost 4am in the morning.

Disruption is expected until 12pm today.

Commuters are facing another day of disruption as the weather continues to cripple the UK and Ireland's travel networks.

Several roads remain impassable and have been closed, and drivers have been warned not to travel unless absolutely essential.

Train services will be cancelled and delayed across nearly all operators on Friday, with many urging passengers no to attempt to make journeys.

All cross-border trains between England and Scotland remain suspended.

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